The Official “I Got Upgraded” Thread: JFK-LAX/SFO/SEA
May 5, 2014, 12:41 am
#676
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...are you aware of how much walk up there is on this route? I mean, I know you are bummed because you can't freeload a five course meal (and by this point WE REALLY GET IT - DL doesn't know HOW IMPORTANT your low rev butt is in their seat), but come on...there is a LOT of high revenue activity on this route.
But you have to make it all about me, when I haven't even flown that route in years. It can't be purely about the facts for you; what does that say about your argument?
May 5, 2014, 5:41 am
#677
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Out of the blue on DL 1262 on 5/3, I scan my boarding pass at the gate at the agent prints out a tiny receipt and says "you have a new seat". Upgraded to BE lie-flat from a cheap paid V connecting from SJC. Didn't ask for for the upgrade and the cabin was full. I was happy
Touché. Delta appears to be losing in the market and pushing away medallions - be interested to see come next year how this worked out for them. Hope they have a backup plan.
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May 5, 2014, 5:54 am
#678
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Quote:
Originally Posted by MAH4546 View Post
And with amongst the lowest fares in the market, even after improved service, Delta still isn't capturing that market, especially with all of Hollywood in bed with American.
Touché. Delta appears to be losing in the market and pushing away medallions - be interested to see come next year how this worked out for them. Hope they have a backup plan.
So...the logic on here....agree with an unverifiable claim with affirmation and it becomes fact? LOL......I hope you have a backup plan if you want free BE.
Originally Posted by MAH4546 View Post
And with amongst the lowest fares in the market, even after improved service, Delta still isn't capturing that market, especially with all of Hollywood in bed with American.
Touché. Delta appears to be losing in the market and pushing away medallions - be interested to see come next year how this worked out for them. Hope they have a backup plan.
So...the logic on here....agree with an unverifiable claim with affirmation and it becomes fact? LOL......I hope you have a backup plan if you want free BE.
May 5, 2014, 6:02 am
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May 5, 2014, 6:08 am
#680
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So on the first half of your post, DL sells the cabin out, but on the second half, they're not capturing the market?
May 5, 2014, 6:09 am
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May 5, 2014, 6:50 am
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They didn't sell the cabin out; they did an upgrade to an (obviously) unsold seat. We don't know how many other upgrades there had been. I was upgraded from a V or X or something on 11 March, and Y was not sold out.
May 5, 2014, 7:00 am
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Furthermore, the post I commented on was referring to DL being the cheapest in the JFK-LAX market and not capturing the high-end market, to which I agreed and then commented. I have no doubt DL is selling out the Y cabin with their fares. The BE cabin seems to be struggling according to loads posted by others.
May 5, 2014, 9:16 am
#687
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Crapshow
So let me tell you about DL182 SEA-JFK last Friday...
Total .... show. Ended up on a ratty dirty 75M/N 22F aircraft without AVOD or power at the seats (deadly combo on a TCON without advanced warning). Total domestic F soft service- mini pillows/ red blankets, no amenity kits, no noise canceling headphones, 1 course "chicken or pasta", no nuts...
Cabin was nearly full, was showing 15 seats taken a few hours earlier, and sitting in row 3 the FA initially skipped 3 of the people ahead of me and the two next to me when asking meal preference.
While I was underwhelmed getting home hours later and a few hundred dollars/12.5k miles poorer, those non-medallion J buyers that Delta really wants were livid... Winning.
Total .... show. Ended up on a ratty dirty 75M/N 22F aircraft without AVOD or power at the seats (deadly combo on a TCON without advanced warning). Total domestic F soft service- mini pillows/ red blankets, no amenity kits, no noise canceling headphones, 1 course "chicken or pasta", no nuts...
Cabin was nearly full, was showing 15 seats taken a few hours earlier, and sitting in row 3 the FA initially skipped 3 of the people ahead of me and the two next to me when asking meal preference.
While I was underwhelmed getting home hours later and a few hundred dollars/12.5k miles poorer, those non-medallion J buyers that Delta really wants were livid... Winning.
May 5, 2014, 9:58 am
#688
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Write to DL and complain... they are pushing that as being 'premium' service and charging a premium price for it. Unacceptable to use POS equipment and not then even have the BE amenities or service.
May 5, 2014, 4:40 pm
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I also just boarded 442 JFK-SEA and they pulled the exact same ..... Except the flight crew got them to get us the duvets.
Anyone want pics of the non revs who somehow have pillows that paying pax don't? :/
Edit: They got more pillows, but the ovens were malfunctioning, and they didn't cater the snack basket (or the burger patties for Y, apparently). The cabin had about 16 people in it, about 6 were space positive or non-rev employees. They seemed to give each paying pax traveling alone an isle with empty window seat next to them. I can only assume any medallion in EC was as mad as we were. I had the opportunity to re-watch the same VHS tape of Monument Men I saw on the way east on Friday, as we democratically voted on which VHS tape to play and none of the other paying passengers had seen it, and no one particularly wanted to see Spider-Man. Again the flight crew was great.
Last edited by mother-; May 6, 2014 at 9:57 am